Gaius villosus
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| Gaius villosus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Gaius |
| Species: | G. villosus |
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| Gaius villosus | |
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Gaius villosus is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae (armored trapdoor spiders) found in Western Australia in a variety of different habitats.[2]
Originally described in 1914 as Gaius villosus by William Joseph Rainbow,[1][3] in 1957 it was transferred to Anidiops by Barbara York Main[1][4] (a genus no longer recognized). In 2017, it was returned to Gaius by Rix and others[1][5] – at the time it was the sole species in the genus,[5] although others have been added since.[1]
Number 16,[6] aged approximately 43 years at death and thought to be the longest-lived spider on record, was a female of this species.[7][8]